Highkey Asian

WOOOO - it's the end of Highkey Asian, Season 2!! In this week's episode, we both share how each other's year has been including all the highlights and the lowlights. We also wrote a letter to our future selves and really recommend you all to do it too! No one can really know what will happen in the future and the uncertainty is both frightening and exciting - but make most of the time now and really enjoy your life

Gratitude - the act to see life as a gift. In this week's episode we wanted to take a step back and reflect on the things we're currently grateful for and how we personally practice it. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Self Worth - the ability to accept your true value. In this week's episode, we invited content creator, Lisa, to chat about her experiences in balancing her corporate-life, her tiktok vlogs and her current passion project - Skyncare Routine! Skyncare Routine's flagship product will be the Rose 'Heartbreak' Oil that is a beautifully scented body oil infused with red rose petals and 24k gold. Breakups are rarely spoken of compared to #relationshipgoals and Lisa wants to remind people that no matter who you are or what you've lost, you are not alone. Check out her amazing content below! ▶ Lisa's socials

Drama - the good kind, the binge-worthy kind. In this week's episode, we had a good banter on our favourite Asian dramas growing up and even put ourselves in those K-Drama scenarios to see what we would do in real life. Let us know on our instagram what your favourite Asian drama is of all time!

Clingy or independent - can you guess which attachment style we each are? In this week's episode, we took another fun personality quiz to see if it really does reflect our personalities. If any of you guys wanted to try out the quiz to see what attachment you are - feel free to click the link that we used! ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

If there's a will, there's a way - you can do it! In this week's episode, we had the special pleasure of inviting Diana to come chat with us about how she defied the Asian expectations to become a doctor, and instead, pursued her path to become a Creative Entrepreneur. Wearing multiple hats in the arts and media industry, including being a writer, producer, director, theatre maker ... and so so much more! Diana is a great example of paving your own career path and how it is possible to achieve your dreams. Diana has worked on heaps of amazing projects including being the co-creator and executive producer of the first Vietnamese-Australian comedy web series - 'Phi and Me TV' - that is on its way to become a TV show, and is also most recently the co-writer for the upcoming play, 'Laurinda' that is going to be showcased at the Melbourne Theatre Company from the 6th August 2022 to the 10th September 2022 so make sure to get your tickets for a spot ASAP before they're all gone! ▶ Diana's website https://www.diananguyen.com.au/

Adulting - all things related to expenses, work-life balance, passion vs. career and all the other millenial struggles in life. In this week's episode, we invited Phil to come join us back again to dive into what it's like living as an Asian adult in Australia and how to work on ourselves in this journey of adulthood. Please do feel free to check Goldelucks and Phil - he does some fun tiktok videos and is always passionate about empowering young people. ▶ Phil's socials Goldelucks Store

How to start a business - Donut underestimate the effort that goes into a business. We feel very honoured to invite Phil into this week's episode where we talk through his journey of building and growing Goldelucks - from what started off as his parent's small bakery dream, to the incredible and expansive national-selling bakeshop. Phillip Kuoch took the reins of Goldelucks when he was only 21 years old, working hard day and night to learn about the business and how to bake. His efforts were paid off, having made so many sales and gaining so much attraction over time, and now in 2022, Goldelucks is known to sell a wide range of baked goods online and in-store. Please do feel free to check Goldelucks and Phil - he does some fun tiktok videos and is always passionate about empowering young people. ▶ Phil's socials Goldelucks Store

Respect your elders - is it selfish to put our priorities before the Asian elders? In this week's episode, we chat about how we feel about filial piety with our families and the way it has shaped our lives as adults in our late 20s. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - ✌ @high.keyasian

Girls - we've been told that we're hard to read so we're dropping an episode this week to share all the signs and hints we do to show someone that we like them. As mentioned at the start of this episode, we are going to start doing fortnightly episode releases just so that we can still balance our own personal life while being consistent. We definitely have heaps of content coming so stay tuned! ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

I like you - The three words that any girl wants to hear from their crush but it's never really said so obviously. In this week's episode, we invited our Sydney podcaster friend, Tung, to come join us and dissect on the signs that guys show to a girl that they like. Please check out Tung's podcast where he also shares his Asian-Aussie experiences growing up. We love to see the representation! ▶ Tung Rice n Mics website

Confessions of an Asian Daughter - shhh, let's keep it a secret. In this week's episode, we share the stories that we've kept from our Vietnamese mamas for the longest time and look into the reasons for this. Disclaimer: We're not intending to discourage anyone from being honest and open with their parents but wanted to show that it can be difficult to communicate at times. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - ✌ @high.keyasian

Mental Health - it's okay to not be okay. In this week's episode, we're so excited to have Asami Koike from Shapes and Sounds come on board to discuss the importance of mental health across the Asian-Australian community. Shapes and Sounds is the leading voice for Asian Australian mental health and wellbeing. Please do check them out as they have some amazing information and welcomes many Asian diversities. ▶ Shapes and Sounds https://www.justshapesandsounds.com/

Work work work work - as spoken by the Queen Rihanna herself. We've all gotta work - whether that's for money or for passion. In this week's episode, we cover the ways we've tried to tackle work-life balance and trust us, it's not perfect. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - ✌ @high.keyasian

Highschool - fasten your seat belts, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. In this week's episode we share our thoughts and memories as 10 year highschool alumnis and discuss the realities we face now in the adulting world. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Season 1 finale - what a year! In this week's episode, we both reflect on our podcast journey and how we're so grateful to our Highkey Asian fam! ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Christmas - Ho Ho H-how come there's no turkey on the table? In this week's episode, we talk about how we celebrated Christmas growing up and its meaning to us now as adults. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Reacts - o m g. In this week's episode, we both read some interesting relationship reddit and tik tok topics and express our reactions to them and how we would go about tackling these situations. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Periods - aka that time of the month. In this week's episode, we discuss about all things related to our monthly cycle and why we need to normalise these conversations more across all genders. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Asian Remedies - mum, where's the Chinese ointment? In this week's episode, we go down memory lane on some of the Asian remedies we encountered as kids and our thoughts on it as adults. Hope you guys tune in and enjoy! ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Asian Superstitions - finish yo rice or else! In this week's episode, we share some fun superstitions we've heard growing up and whether we still believe in any of them now. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Breakups - sighs and cries. In this week's episode, we go through our previous breakup experiences and how much that's impacted us now as a person. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Travel - up, up and away! In this week's episode, we reminisce over our favourite places to travel and share where we want to travel next. Can you guys guess where it is? ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Asian Idols - amazing!! In this week's episode, we fangirl on our favourite Asian role models growing up and how we feel about the current Asian representation in the media. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Personality types - which one you are? In this week's episode, we talk about what makes each personality type great - whether you're an introvert or extrovert or both! ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Fashun - Werk it! In this week's episode, we reminisce over our cringey fashion moments back then and look into how these trends influenced our style today. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Our Parents & Us - it's complicated. In this week's episode, we dig deep into trying to understand our relationship with our parents and what's changed for us now that we're adults. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Our Parent's History - the Vietnam War. In this week's episode, we take a step into our parent's shoes on the challenges and struggles they encountered travelling from Vietnam to Australia before giving birth to us and how that's changed their lives completely. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Asian Food – yes please! In this week's episode, we talk about all of the diverse range of Asian cuisine dishes we had growing up and how we've learnt to appreciate it so much as adults. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Unattractive Men – thank you, next. In this week's episode, we share our experiences and opinions about the Turn Offs and Red Flags about guys. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Attractive Men - Oh la la ~ In this week's episode, we talk about the traits we think make guys HOT and how our perspectives and preferences have changed over the years. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Strict parents – huh? What dating life? In this week's episode, we talk about what it was like dating around strict Asian parents and how they reacted when we first introduced them to our boyfriends. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Toxic Friendships - Yikes. In this week's episode, we talk about some of our experiences with Toxic Friendships, delved into why we would stay for so long and what we learnt from them. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Friendships - cue the Toy Story movie song - "you've got a friend in me." In this week's episode, we talk about what we value in a good friendship now that we're in our 20s and how that has changed from when we were younger. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Expectations - There is no B in Asian. In this week's episode, we talk about the Asian Parent Expectations that we faced as young kids and how it has shaped us as we grew older. Hope you guys tune in and enjoy! ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Dating - it's a hit or a miss (or many misses tbh). It's full of fun, excitement but sometimes can end up disappointing. In this week's episode, we talk about how our dating experiences were and the journey it took to get to be taken now. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

We briefly mentioned in our Pilot EP how we wanted to provide more Asian Australian representation in the media so here we are - our first official episode talking about what it was like growing up as first generation Australian-born Vietnamese kids with immigrant parents and how our perspectives have changed now that we're adults. ▶ Join the HA family IG & Facebook - @high.keyasian ✌

Welcome to Highkey Asian! We're finally here with our pilot episode and introducing you guys to what this podcast means to us. We hope that you can come join our little preview and enjoy! From Hang & Helen xx >>MUSIC Artist: tubebackr Track: No Regrets @tubebackr links.fanlink.to/tubebackr Creative Commons License. Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) >>KEEP IN TOUCH & CONTACT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/high.keyasian/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highkeyasian/ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/highkey-asian Email: highkeyasianpodcast@gmail.com